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Will JavaScript type annotations kill TypeScript?
The creators of Svelte and Turbo 8 both dropped TS recently saying that "it's not worth it".
Yes: If JavaScript gets type annotations then there's no reason for TypeScript to exist.
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No: TypeScript remains the best language for structuring large enterprise applications.
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TBD: The existing user base and its corpensource owner means that TypeScript isn’t likely to reach EOL without a putting up a fight.
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I hope they both die. I mean, if you really need strong types in the browser then you could leverage WASM and use a real programming language.
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I don’t know and I don’t care.
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David Sudia
David Sudia

David Sudia is a senior developer advocate for Ambassador Labs, creators of Emissary-Ingress and Telepresence. He was previously a DevOps/platform engineer and CNCF end user. Dave is passionate about supporting other developers in doing their best work by making sure they have the right tools and environments, and turning the amazing tools from this community into real change in the world through volunteer work. He can be found online @thedevelopnik.